00:00This bird was just four months old when it flew more than 8,000 miles across the Pacific without stopping
00:06once.
00:06The juvenile bar-tailed godwit left Alaska and landed in Tasmania 11 days later in October of 2022.
00:14No landing, no meal, just non-stop flight.
00:18To prepare, godwits build enormous fat reserves and shrink digestive organs they will not need,
00:25leaving more of their lean body devoted to flight muscles.
00:28Scientists tracked this bird using a solar-powered satellite transmitter weighing just five grams.
00:33The USGS called its 8,425-mile journey the longest documented non-stop flight by any animal.
00:40One of nature's greatest endurance athletes can fit in your hands.
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